Andy, Very nice and thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to seeing them finished. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine sscale.org
>________________________________ > From: cnr3304 <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 12:11 AM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Light Modifications to an OMI ALCO S2 Switcher > > > > >Hi All, > >I finished doing some modifications to my ALCO/MLW S2 switcher to approximate >a CNR MLW S2 before 1956 when the 2nd renumbering occured. The first >renumbering was in 1950. > >I added cab window shades, a single bell horn, steam style rerails and changed >the control for the top radiator shutters so that it was inside the hood. The >walkover which goes over the radiator exhaust was narrowed and put on new >brackets. Not hard modifications at all but it made the loco more accurate. > >Someone on the list asked about the radiator intake shutters awhile back. I >did a lot of research in 3 books and found that the early S2's had narrow >vertical ones. Between 1943-44 for a short while the shutters were >horizontal. These were not too common although CPR had a pair. The final >edition was the wider vertical ones that are most common and which is on the >model. > >Pictures can be found in the Photos folder Canadian Alco Switchers. It will >be painted as CNR 7985 which is the photo in the background. > >Once done, I will add pics. > >cheers, > >Andy Malette > > >
